Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-12
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

"A mouse IN IHllauelpHlt, d., Is
noted for being the birthplace OF tall
men. Every person born under its
roof has reached the height of six feet.
On train that arrived at San
Bernardino, CAL, the other day, were
seventeen babies. Four of these were
born on the train.
advertise always wants to get close to
the business house that does. Every
real estate man knows this to be true.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The following table shows thenum
Der of murders per 10000, 900 inhabit-
'sstssts I'm f,,lsssyef tsee ,sFiaeinsl countries:
United Kingd6.n. y. .237 Austria. $40
Belgium .240 Russia. .......323
France e..............26 .265 Italy .54
Scandinavia. .266 Spain. ............. ..5t
Germany. y............2 .279 United States. $50
"A Lynn caterer gives a mince pie
to every purchaser Of fifteen cents
worth Of goods. Persons who have
sampled his pies say that it is a mys-
terry how he can afford to throw then
in. The mystery is in the pie.-Boston
Transcript
That was a happy point made at :
civic feast by a naturalized German.
In responding to toast he said: II am
jhe best Englishman, perhaps, of any
of you, because you were all born Eng
Esh and could not help it, whereas |
became an Englishman from choice
IN. 7. Telegram.
A medical journal, some months
ago, inveighed against what it called
the "pernicious habit Of kissing"
The warning seems to have caused a
falling off in the habit among married
folks, but the pernicious custom is just
as popular as ever among young peo-
pie who are in the courting business
N. Y. Graphic.
"A German periodical, devoted to
the interests of paper-makers, records
an improvement in telephones as fol-
lows: With funnel Of thick manila
paper about sixteen inches long and sin
to eight inches wide at the mouth, the
smaller end being put into the opening
of the receiver, one may talk in whis-
pers through the telephone.
Doctor (who has been sent for at
two a. m. MADAME, pray send at once
for the clergyman, and, if you want to
make your WILL for the lawyer. Mad
anne (horrifed) Good gracious! Is it
so dangerous, doctor? Doctor-Not a
bit Of it; but | don't want to be the
only one who has been disturbed i'll his
sleep for nothing.-N. T. Herald.
During the year ended November
30, 1886, the flour production in the
United States touched figures once
more exceeding all past work, and
forming record really only half com
pretended by the general public. 1t
nearly reached six million barrels, and
showed an increase over last year Of
eight per cent Chicago Tribune.
And now it is discovered that coca
inc when applied in cases of silent
melancholia, will induce people to
speak. This may be beneficial from
scientific point of view, but how much
more valuable would the drug become
if it had the effect to make some people
hold their tongues. The danger in these
days is in saying too much.-B0ston
Herald.
An inebriated Newburger at an
early hour in the morning was found
by policeman firing his revolver into
the door of his residence, and when the
officer der3anded the meaning of this
performance, exclaimed: Cant find
the key hole of thish darned door, and
I'm shootin' in new one. Got to get
thish key in somehow. -MiddEebury
Mercury.
1t was remark of Linneus that
three flies would consume dead horse
sooner than lion could. He doubt
less included the families of the three
flies. A single fly, the naturalist tells
us, will sometimes produce 10000
Larvae. each Of which in a few days,
may be the parent of another 10000,
and thus the descendants of three flies
would soon devour an animal much
larger than horse.
-IdptE UObJlCS WtIt pdltlltcu III
America in 1883. Their sales were not
extensive at first, but now that Euro
pean patents have been secured, cover
ing nearly all fields of probable compe-
tition, the controllers Of the patents,
we are informed, intend to manufacture
the bottles in large quantities. In the
item of freight alone they will effect
saving of one-third less weight than
the glass or stone ware, and are, on the
whole, less liable to breakage. e.-JourndI
of Commerce.
Major G. Fl. Bracket, a Vicksburg
man, who owns a string of race horses.
thinks that he has a mascot somewhere
around his stables. He wanted to send
his horses to New Orleans on the steam
er j. NJ. White, but he couldn't get
them ready, and when the steamer
burned his horses were not there. Then
he made arrangements to ship them by